Monday, January 30, 2017

Yanking Yates

Acting
Attorney General Sally Yates, a Barack Obama holdover appointee,
issued an order for the Justice department not to defend Donald
Trump's temporary travel ban from seven terrorist sponsoring nations.
So Trump promptly fired her this evening for not fulfilling her
duties. Yates should have expected her termination would happen.
What else would one expect from a guy whose catchphrase is 'you're
fired?'

Of
course Yates expected to be fire. I do not buy into the assertion
from idealistic leftists claiming she wanted to be a martyr in the
cause of resisting perceived racism against Muslims. It is far more
likely she was going the Megyn Kelly route of making a name for
herself going up against Trump to boost her job prospects. Look for
Yates all over MSNBC before taking up her new job as counsel for a
Wall Street firm. Bonus points awarded if it is Goldman Sachs.

Yates
firing was justified. She failed in her duty to defend a lawful
order meant to defend the security of the United States. Im agine if
a George W. Bush holdover attorney general had refused to allow the
Justice department to defend Obama's 2011 travel ban on Iraqis?
Liberal pundits would suffer fits. I guess the rules are different
for liberals.